Your Favorite Schools

Each year, approximately 0.6% of Oregon graduates receive degrees in human services.
In other words, every year an estimated 478 human services professionals graduate from Oregon's 17 human services schools.

Top Schools

Northwest Christian University, which is located in Eugene, is the top-ranked school in Oregon that has a human services program. It received a ranking of 47th in the country in 2010.
5 students graduated with a degree in human services from Northwest Christian University in 2010.
Northwest Christian University charged in-state students $22,900 in tuition fees per year.

Warner Pacific College, which is located in Portland, is the second-ranked school in Oregon that has a human services program. It received a ranking of 49th in the country in 2010.
In 2010, Warner Pacific College graduated 11 students from its human services program.
Warner Pacific College charged in-state students $17,604 in tuition fees per year.

The third-ranked school in Oregon with a human services program is University of Oregon, which is located in Eugene. In 2010, it was ranked 61st nationwide.
In 2010, 76 students graduated from University of Oregon human services program.
Tuition at University of Oregon was $8,190 per year.

Cost

If you are hoping to attend one of Oregon's human services schools, you can expect to pay an average tuition of $12,562 per year, though tuition can range from $33,538 per year to $2,994 per year.
In 2010, the human services schools that charged the highest tuition rates in Oregon were:

University of Portland - located in Portland, students are charged $33,538 per year

Pacific University - located in Forest Grove, students are charged $31,702 per year

George Fox University - located in Newberg, students are charged $27,970 per year

The lowest tuition rates at Oregon human services schools were charged at the following schools:

Rogue Community College - located in Grants Pass, students are charged $2,994 per year

Blue Mountain Community College - located in Pendleton, students are charged $3,215 per year

Clackamas Community College - located in Oregon City, students are charged $3,555 per year

A human services degree from an Oregon school... what next?

In Oregon, the largest numbers of human services professional work in the following counties:

Clackamas County - 3,880 human services professionals

Marion County - 890 human services professionals

Baker County - 830 human services professionals

Projected Growth

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that by 2018, an estimated 8,740 human services professionals will be working in Oregon state. This would require the number of human services professionals to grow by 18%.

Salary

On average, human services professionals earn $34,940 per year.
In 2010, however, some Oregon human services professional earned as little as less than $18,530 per year or as much as more than $68,880 per year.
Human services professionals in the following Oregon counties make the highest salaries on average:

Marion County - $38,700 per year

Clackamas County - $34,885 per year

Baker County - $34,805 per year

The Oregon counties with the lowest average salary for human services professionals are: